The Most Exciting News About Exercise Yet

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Currently, people who are diagnosed with heart disease, diabetes, or high blood pressure are typically recommended various drug therapies to control dangerous symptoms and manage risk. However, I have been an advocate of using exercise to prevent and control the progression of chronic diseases for my entire career. Now, research is showing that there indeed is a good reason to continue to insist upon this strategy.

Recent evidence published in the British Medical Journal looked at the relationship between exercise compared to drug therapies and how they relate to the rates of mortality. The researchers included seven exercise and 12 drug meta-analysis studies covering over 305 randomized controlled trials involving over 339, 274 study participants. The researchers made comparisons between exercise and drug interventions based on four mortality outcomes: prevention of coronary heart disease, rehabilitation of stroke, treatment of heart failure, and prevention of diabetes.

The results of this exhaustive study indicated that there was no statistical difference between the exercise and drug interventions in the prevention of heart disease and pre-diabetes (metabolic syndrome). However, physical activity was found to be more effective than drug interventions in stroke patients. The patients suffering from heart failure were more responsive to drug therapies compared with exercise intervention in this study. However, this is what I would have expected to find in this case.

“Although limited in quantity, existing randomised trial evidence on exercise interventions suggests that exercise and many drug interventions are often potentially similar in terms of their mortality benefits in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, rehabilitation after stroke, treatment of heart failure, and prevention of diabetes,” the study’s authors concluded.

This study is very important because it indicates that exercise utilized as a management tool can be just as effective and in some cases more effective than standard drug therapies at preventing death from serious chronic diseases.

Although this study does give us some very important insight of how exercise can manage an active disease process, it only dealt with prevention relative to diabetes. Of course, this is great news to everyone as they can now feel confident that an appropriate, supervised exercise program can help them live longer and better even if they have been previously diagnosed with heart disease and stroke.

What this study does not indicate but which previous research has already shown is that a regular exercise program can actually prevent or lower the risk of you ever having to experience heart disease, heart failure, diabetes or stroke!

This is the most exciting news regarding the influence of exercise on human health outcomes. It can prevent you from being sick and allow you to live longer and better.

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Disclaimer: The information contained herein is for information purposes only and is not to be construed as a diagnosis, treatment, preventive, or cure for any disease, disorder, or abnormal physical state, nor should it be considered a substitute for medical care from your doctor. On any matter relating to your health or well-being—and prior to undertaking any health-related activity—consult an appropriate health professional. The opinions herein are exactly that, they are the opinions of the author. Doctors Health Press and its employees are not responsible for medically unsupervised activities that could be harmful to your health. Results are not guaranteed*** and may vary from person to person***. All of the Doctors Health Press publications come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you’re not satisfied with your newsletter, you can simply cancel your subscription and receive a pro-rated refund on all undelivered issues. For our books and special reports, we will give you a full refund of your purchase price within 30 days of your order. We pride ourselves on excellent customer service.